Top Ten Tuesday was created byย The Broke and the Bookishย in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. April 11:ย Titles with Animals In Them and/or Covers with Animals... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday 4/4/23
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. April 4: Indie/Self-Published Books (submitted by Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits) I... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday 3/28/23: Kristin Hannah read alikes
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic: March 28: Books for People Who Liked Author... Continue Reading →
My 2022 Reading Stats
This is a little delayed because I had some issues with exporting my goodreads information to storygraph: Read 72 books, 25,073 pages This is typical of my reading since I read a lot of romance and women's fiction, which qualifies as emotional and lighthearted. I'm not really sure how they determine pace, but comparing this... Continue Reading →
I’m beginning to read a lot like Christmas
When people ask me my favorite season, like any teacher, my response is summer. I do love summer for many reasons beyond time off work. However, if you were to tweak this question and ask for my favorite time of year, the response would be Christmas. I have strict rules for myself about decorating and... Continue Reading →
Six for Sunday- 3/20/22: Books to get you out of a reading slump
#SixforSunday is a meme hosted by A Little But A Lot. This week's topic is books to get people out of reading slumps. I tried to think of a different reasons someone might be in a reading slump when choosing my recommendations. Some of them are just really fun and that's what we need when we're in... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Monday 11/29/21
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme that was started byย @Laurenโs Page Turners.ย and is now sponsored by @budgettalesbookblog This meme is quite easy to follow โ just randomly pick a book from your to-be-read list and give the reasons why you want to read it. It is that simple. Murder in a Mill Town Goodreads... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Monday
Goodreads Monday is hosted by Laurenโs Page Turners. To participate, choose a random book from your TBR and show it off. George Washington's Secrety Spy War About the book Title: George Washington's Secret Spy War: The Making of America's First Spymaster Author: John A. Nagy Genre: Nonfiction- History Publisher: St. Martin's Press Goodreads Description George Washington was... Continue Reading →
TBR Thursday 11/11/21
Welcome to TBR Thursday! This is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly Faye Reads, where you post a title from your shelf or e-reader and find out what others think about. It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own motherโs recent suicide, she takes... Continue Reading →
Goodreads Monday: The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews (11/8/21)
Goodreads Monday is hosted by Laurenโs Page Turners. To participate, choose a random book from your TBR and show it off. About the book: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Weekenders comes a delightful new novel about new love, old secrets, and the kind of friendship that transcends generations. When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons Brooke Trappnell... Continue Reading →